Vietnam intelligence flyer to speak in Topping (10/18/2023) - Thirty-year Air Force veteran Mike Kenna will speak on his experiences with the QU 22B—Igloo White Mission in the late 1960s at 11:30 a.m. today, Thursday, Oct. 19, at The… …
Countywide pickup Saturday (10/11/2023) - Gloucester Clean Community is signing up volunteers to take part Saturday in the biannual Clean Gloucester Day. Hours are 8 a.m.-noon. Volunteers pick up roadsides and public spaces such as… …
Coming Events (10/11/2023) - THURSDAY SENIOR HEALTH FAIR: Sanders will hold its first Senior Living Health Fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at the Riverside Wellness and Fitness Center, Gloucester. The fair… …
Ruritans, NAACP to hold candidate forums (10/4/2023) - The Piankatank Ruritan Club in Hudgins will host a forum from 6:30-9 o’clock tonight for school board, sheriff, commissioner of the revenue, and commonwealth’s attorney. This follows last week’s Ruritan… …
Boating safety class to be held Oct. 21 at MVRS building (10/4/2023) - A free boating safety class will be offered from 8:30 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21, at the Mathews Volunteer Rescue Squad on Cricket Hill Road in Hudgins. Experienced… …
‘Vote No’ meeting on referendum Tuesday (10/4/2023) - A “Vote No” meeting in opposition to the Nov. 7 ballot initiative calling for the issuance of $39.58 million in bonds for a number of county capital projects has been… …
Museum to host tea, fashion show (10/4/2023) - Visitors at the Mathews Historical Museum will explore the “Underside of History” in an afternoon tea and fashion show, to be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, in the… …
Mathews lighthouse keepers to be honored Saturday (10/4/2023) - Six Mathews County lighthouse keepers will be honored Saturday in ceremonies at three cemeteries, conducted by the U.S. Lighthouse Society and its Chesapeake Chapter. A USLHS marker will be unveiled… …
Events Oct. 6-Oct. 13 (10/4/2023) - THURSDAY PARKS & REC: The Mathews Parks and Recreation Advisory Board will meet at 2 o’clock today, Thursday, Oct. 5, in the conference room at Chesapeake Bank, 10839 Buckley Hall… …
Gloucester library announces upcoming programs (10/4/2023) - The Gloucester County Public Library will hold several programs this month at the Main Street Center location. The library will host author Lorraine Hanson and her English Angora and French… …
Talk in Gloucester on feral cats Oct. 18 (10/4/2023) - Charles Brown, executive director of the Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society, will discuss Gloucester’s feral cat problem at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, at Edge Hill House in Gloucester village. His talk… …
King and Queen historical marker to memorialize lynching victim (10/4/2023) - A state historical highway marker to memorialize James Horace Carter, an African-American man who was lynched 100 years ago will be dedicated at noon on Saturday in King and Queen… …Crab Carnival this weekend (10/4/2023) - The 41st annual Crab Carnival will be held in downtown West Point on Friday and Saturday. One of Virginia’s most popular and longest-running fall festivals, the West Point Crab Carnival… …
Ship Modelers Guild (10/4/2023) - John Earl and Roland Griffin Jr., from left, showed members of the Deltaville Ship Modelers Guild the recently installed wooden boat modeling exhibit in the Deltaville Maritime Museum. The guild,… …Christmas Homes Tour to be held Dec. 2 (10/4/2023) - Green Spring Garden Club of Williamsburg will hold its Christmas Homes Tour on Saturday, Dec. 2. The tour will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Rev. W.A.R. Goodwin’s return to… …
Belle Isle Park continues its Virginia Writers Series (10/4/2023) - The Virginia Writers Series at Belle Isle State Park, Lancaster, continues with two writers this month in the program sponsored by the Friends of Belle Isle State Park. On Saturday,… …
Northern Neck Orchestra to perform Oct. 15 (10/4/2023) - The Northern Neck Orchestra will perform the Virginia premiere of composer Jessie Montgomery’s “Rounds for Strings and Piano” at a matinee performance on Sunday, Oct. 15. The concert also will… …
LVHS hosts talk, book signing today (10/4/2023) - The Lancaster Virginia Historical Society will host a talk and book signing by Margaret L. Forrester and Deborah Beuchelt Walker, authors of “Home Birth Records of Dr. Chichester Tapscott Peirce:… …
Events Sept. 28-Oct. 5 (9/27/2023) - Thursday KING’S DAUGHTERS AND SONS: The Chesapeake Bay Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons will meet at noon today in the fellowship hall of New Point Friends Church. Saturday… …
Museum to exhibit recreated school room (9/27/2023) - A new exhibit recreating a school room of the mid-20th century opens Saturday, Oct. 7 at the Mathews Historical Museum, 200 Main Street. Hours are 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The model… …
Senior Living Health Fair to be held Oct. 12 (9/27/2023) - Sanders will hold its first Senior Living Health Fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 12, at the Riverside Wellness and Fitness Center, Gloucester. The fair is… …
NN Farm Museum announces fall events (9/27/2023) - The Northern Neck Farm Museum will hold its 2023 Fall Fundraiser on Oct. 14 at the Luther Welch Agricultural Center, Heathsville. Doors open at 5 p.m. with light refreshments followed… …
TOGA to hold fall float sale Oct. 14 at Camp Kekoka (9/27/2023) - The Tidewater Oyster Gardeners Association will hold its fall float sale from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Oct. 14, at Camp Kekoka, 1083 Boys Camp Road, Kilmarnock. “This will… …
‘Oyster Wars’ comes to Historic Christ Church (9/27/2023) - Chesapeake historian and author Kate Livie will present “Oysters Wars of the Chesapeake Bay” at Historic Christ Church and Museum on Saturday, Oct. 21, beginning at 4 p.m. The event… …Best Years Trip to see ‘Mack and Mabel’ (9/27/2023) - Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism is sponsoring a Best Years Trip to see the Williamsburg Players’ matinee performance of the musical “Mack and Mabel” on Sunday, Nov. 12. “Mack and… …